Sato T, Usami S, Takeshige C. Role of the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus as the descending pain-inhibitory system in acupuncture point and non-point produced analgesia. In: TakeshigeC, ed. Studies on the Mechanism of Acupuncture Analgesia Based on Animal Experiments. Tokyo: Showa University Press; 1986:542.

141

Takeshige C, Zhao WH, Guo SY. Convergence from the preoptic area and arcuate nucleus to the median eminence in acupuncture and nonacupuncture point stimulation analgesia. Brain Res Bull.1991;26:771-778.